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RE: Is it time to consider draft?

Comment comment by scottb on 12 August 2007

Some say that a draft would end the war! Just might put the silver spoon kids in harms way!

And if you believe that, I've got a bridge I wanna sell you. The wealthy have always been able to influence their kids' placement within the military.

Also, don't read me as opposing the draft in general. I don't think it's necessary to resolve the Iraq situation, but I'm not opposed to the argument that general conscription is good social policy.

I confess, I read a lot of Robert Heinlein during the years when a lot of my social ideas were formed, and I think there's something to his assertion that people who haven't done some sort of national service (military, or otherwise) don't really deserve the right to vote. I don't know that it's quite as simplistic as that, but I don't have any really sound arguments against it, either.

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RE: Is it time to consider draft? by ldsudduth :: NR6

You're scaring me scott--this is another place where we agree. I think the same way (and like you probably attributable to reading a lot of Heinlein). Also, like you, this is probably too 'simplisitic' of a solution and I can't find any good arguments against it.

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